How Curved Is a Potato?

course notes
Mathcamp
geometry
Principal, Gaussian, and mean curvature — developed for potatoes embedded in three-space.
Published

July 3, 2018

A week-long class from Mathcamp 2018 about the principal, Gaussian, and mean curvature of potatoes embedded in \(\mathbb{R}^3\).

The prerequisites are linear algebra — in particular eigenvalues and eigenvectors — and multivariable calculus.